HP seeking buyers for mobile patents: Report

Hewlett-Packard is seeking buyers for some of its mobile-computing patents, Bloomberg reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.

The company has approached potential buyers about the portfolio of patents, which include those related to webOS—the smartphone and tablet-computer operating system that HP acquired through its 2010 buy of Palm, people told the agency.

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HP sold the webOS operating system to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc earlier this year, but retained the patents and all the technology relating to the cloud service of webOS.